English

Adjective

ventriloquial ‎(comparative more ventriloquial, superlative most ventriloquial)

1. of or relating to ventriloquy
   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 125:

     Her voice came, muffled, as if from the back of the top of his head. The ventriloquial effect was startling.

   • 2001 June 1, Jay Kirk, “Preachin' Puppets”, in Chicago Reader:

     Learn the ventriloquial alphabet: A C D E G H I J K L N O Q R S T U X Z

2. spoken to oneself
   • 1915, William J. Locke, Jaffery:

     He threw half-crowns up into the air until they disappeared into the central blue, and then held a ventriloquial conversation, not in the best of taste, with the celestial spirits, who having caught the coins announced their intention of sticking to them.